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The Verdict

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The most unbearable sound in the world? It’s silence

The most unbearable sound in the world? It’s silence

Forget peace and quiet. Give me peace and loud.

  • by Robert Moran

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The greatest year in Australian music? No question, it was 2008

The greatest year in Australian music? No question, it was 2008

It was the year local music pivoted away from pub anthems and alt-rock. So why have 2008’s best breakouts been forgotten?

  • by Tom W. Clarke
Kamala Harris brought viewers back to Veep. But only one character sums up party politics

Kamala Harris brought viewers back to Veep. But only one character sums up party politics

Karen Collins, Veep’s ultimate fence-sitter, is eternal.

  • by Alice Tovey
This teen classic belongs in the canon of must-see Australian films

This teen classic belongs in the canon of must-see Australian films

Hollywood had the films of John Hughes. But Australia had young Mendo in The Big Steal.

  • by Annabel Ross
The words that made me the woman I am today: ‘Welcome to Jackass’

The words that made me the woman I am today: ‘Welcome to Jackass’

Almost 25 years on, the Jackass ethos remains one to live by: happiness is not complicated.

  • by Alice Tovey
Good people use exclamation marks! The rest of you are jerks

Good people use exclamation marks! The rest of you are jerks

We’re all just trying to get through our days. Exclamation marks make it nicer!

  • by Robert Moran
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Stop making fun of the rhythmic gymnasts. I was one

Stop making fun of the rhythmic gymnasts. I was one

What I lacked in skill, I made up in pizazz.

  • by Alice Tovey
National treasure Hugh Jackman is too good for Deadpool

National treasure Hugh Jackman is too good for Deadpool

What is daring and fun in small doses can become grating and superficial over successive films.

  • by Mali Waugh
The best celebrity memoirs have exactly what literature today lacks

The best celebrity memoirs have exactly what literature today lacks

As more and more crossed my desk, I found that the best of them were written with a robust, fearless honesty that I’ve almost given up looking for in current fiction.

  • by David Free
The case for Justin Timberlake, the celebrity we deserve

The case for Justin Timberlake, the celebrity we deserve

JT has once again proven that he is there to meet the moment, to show us who we are.

  • by Mali Waugh
Country pop has taken over the charts – good god, why?

Country pop has taken over the charts – good god, why?

Genuine musical superstars – exceptional voices, charismatic presences, excellent lyricists – have been dulled and flattened, their voices muted and their lyrics uninspired.

  • by Tom W. Clarke